Tools

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Here is a miscellaneous list of tools I've found to be worth their wait in download.

Developer

  1. Microsoft Windiff 4.0 ( 5/11/1998, 88kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 12/26/2002 )
    A very handy file or directory comparison tool, showing what's different.
  2. QTam BmpToIco 2 ( 9/12/2001, 344kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 9/12/2001 )
    Need to make icon files from bmps? Here's the tool to do it.

  1. Acro Software CutePDF 1.2 ( 7/25/2003, 4277kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/7/2004 )
    A free PDF creator. Use this as a simple, free alternative to Adobe, creating compatible PDF files.

Developer

  1. Microsoft dsofile  ( 7/5/2001, 143kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 9/8/2001 )
    Tool that lets you edit OLE properties in Office docs and NTFS files.
  2. David Foster FPropSet  ( 5/22/1999, 51kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 3/8/2002 )
    An alternative to Microsoft's DSOfile, this reads and sets document properties.
  3. CursorArts IconForge 5.23a ( 8/23/2001, 2585kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 9/12/2001 )
    Icon creator.
  4. Microsoft MetaACL  ( 7/3/2000, 79kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 10/28/2002 )
    One solution for the problem of the Permission denied sending mail using CDONTS error. This is a script that sets the permissions on the SMTP server properly.
  5. Microsoft MetaEdit 2.2 ( 2/26/2001, 2589kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 11/3/2001 )
    Program that allows you to edit the IIS metabase.

  1. Ahead Software Nero Burning ROM 6.303 ( 2/4/2004, 23507kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 )
    More than just a CD and DVD burner, this premier (and not free) package also has a cool set of audio tools for recording and mixing your own audio creations.
  2. Ahead Software Nero Burning ROM Help 6.303 ( 2/4/2004, 1853kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 , requires Ahead Software Nero Burning ROM )
    Help files for Nero Burning ROM
  3. Ahead Software NeroVision Express Help 2.108 ( 2/4/2004, 3912kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 )
    Help files for NeroVision Express
  4. Ahead Software NeroVision Express 2.108 ( 2/4/2004, 17032kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 , requires Ahead Software NeroVision Express )
    A simple and remarkably capable DVD-menu creator.

Developer

  1. Active Data Recovery Read NTFS 1.0 for DOS ( 6/17/2003, 789kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 )
    A handy DOS tool that you can run off a DOS boot disk to recover files from an NTFS partition, when all else fails. Especially critical when Windows has gone belly up, or the hard drive has started failing.
  2. Vertical Menu  ( 3/27/1997, 28kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 )
    An ActiveX control that provides an Outlook / Access-like side menubar. Got this from a friend; don't know where he got it.

  1. RealVNC VNC 3.33r2 ( 10/12/1999, 993kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 )
    An excellent remote-control program with lots of nice features, other than being free.
  2. Winzip Winzip 8.1 ( 7/22/2002, 1762kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 )
    Good ol' winzip, for creating and reading Zip files. Did you know Windows XP finally has built-in zip creation and reading? They're called "Compressed folders" in XP.

Palm

Troubleshooting

  1. Grafaid Screenshot Crawford Grafaid  ( 7/9/1997, 2kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/4/2004 )
    A little program that shows what you're writing in the graffiti area, so you can see what exactly your Palm PDA sees, and how it interprets your scrawl.

Developer

  1. Orbit BK Replacem 2.0 ( 2/24/2000, 572kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 12/26/2002 )
    Great tool that will do a search-and-replace over multiple files

Palm

Developer

  1. LinkeSOFT XMaster 1.5 ( 6/14/2003, 33kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/7/2004 )
    Hackmaster utility, fully compatible with other hack managers

Flash

Developer

  1. Macromedia Learning Extensions MX ( 9/11/2002, 1300kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/17/2004 )
    Tools to build quizzes in Flash.

  1. JAM Software TreeSize 1.71 ( 2/5/2004, 751kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/17/2004 )
    A solid simple program that clearly shows what files are eating up your disk (of any size). Check out their Pro version for more features.
  2. Just for Fun Boot Disk with CDROM support  ( 1/20/1998, 244kb )
    Download my copy ( as of 2/17/2004 )
    A basic DOS boot disk with CDROM drivers, so you can boot an uncooperative computer. Also check out the NTFS Reader for rescuing files from NT/2000/XP machines.

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